Tunis University
university in Tunisia
Tunis University (Arabic: جامعة تونس, French: Université de Tunis) is a public university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.
The University of Tunis is a member of the Mediterranean University Union (UNIMED) and of Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.
Organisation
The university is organised into the following institutions.
Ecole Normale Supérieure (the oldest institute of the university)
Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences
Higher School of Technological Sciences
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Preparatory Engineering Institute
Higher Institute of Literary Studies and Humanities
Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts
Higher Institute for Youth-Club Activities and Culture
Higher Institute of Fine Arts
Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities
Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Zaghouan
Higher Institute of Management
Higher Institute of Music
Higher Institute of Crafts Heritage
Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM)
Tunis Business School
National Heritage Institute (Co-Supervision with the Ministry of Culture and the Safeguard of the Heritage)
Preparatory Engineering Institute
The Tunis Preparatory Engineering Institute (Arabic: المعهد التّحضيري للدّراسات الهندسيّة بتونس) was created according to the law N°95-40 on 24 April 1995.
Notable alumni and academics
Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943 – 12 January 2010), a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
Noureddine Bhiri (born 10 July 1958), Tunisian politician
Mohamed Brahmi (15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013), Tunisian politician
Fatma Chamakh-Haddad (10 March 1936 – 2 May 2013), professor, philosopher, feminist and activist
Fadela Echebbi (born 23 January 1946), Tunisian author and poet
Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), French historian, philosopher, and literary critic
Mohamed Ghannouchi (born 18 August 1941), the former Prime Minister of Tunisia and self-proclaimed acting president of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011
Mohamed Ghozzi (born 24 February 1949 in Kairouan), Tunisian poet and critic
Hamadi Jebali (born 12 January 1949), Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013
Jeanne-Claude, (13 June 1943, Casablanca – 18 November 2009, New York City), environmental artist
Thouraya Jeribi Khémiri (born 21 August 1960), Minister of Justice.
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